Well, I’m relieved. Vladimir Putin has announced that he will seek re-election to the presidency of Russia. Whew. I was afraid he might decide to ride off into the sunset and camp out at a ritzy dacha on some lake near the Urals but, no, he’s going to run again. I probably shouldn’t ...

The school board and budget committee that oversee Wilton and Lyndeborough schools, along with the district’s Strategic Planning Committee, have made the right choice in deciding to put the issue of full-day kindergarten into a warrant article for March town meetings. “Let the voters ...

About 50 years ago, a very clever songwriter, Tom Lehrer, wrote this lyric about The Bomb: “First we got the bomb and that was good, ‘cause we love peace and motherhood. “Then Russia got the bomb, but that’s OK, ‘cause the balance of power’s maintained that way. “Who’s ...

75 years ago, 1942 Cpl. Rosario Ricciardi was at Fort Sheridan, Ill., for training. Sgt. Karl Ricciardi was with an armored regiment at Fort Bragg, N.C. Souhegan Valley farmers, long faced with mounting costs and a serious shortage of help, threatened to sell their milk outside the area ...

Here are some things that confuse me: I don’t understand the game Marco Polo. It’s played in a pool or a lake or a pond and one person shouts “Marco” to which another answers “Polo” but as far as I can see, that’s all that happens. Apparently its a game only kids play, probably ...

The group known as Wilton Peace Action launched itself into our local public consciousness on Jan. 21 when it joined women all over the world with its own observance of The Women’s March in Wilton’s Main Street Park. And, much to our surprise and to our delight, the group is still ...